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history, that the affectionate regard in which his memory is held might almost seem to be traditional. A journal of his travels in the Netherlands, a few letters to his friend Pirkheimer and others, are the principal materials employed by the German novelist Schefer, in the wellknown romance,* of which we cordially welcome a new edition.

The brilliant scenes of Albert Dürer's public life, the gorgeous festivities of the painters at Antwerp in his honor, his splendid reception at the court of Margaret of Parma, his presence at imperial banquets, all these gay pictures of Flemish luxury form a striking contrast to the sad colors of his domestic experience.

The characters of the husband and wife are drawn by Schefer with that rare insight into the hidden springs of action and thought in which the German novelists certainly excel. Agnes, though wanting in a fine appreciation of an artist's needs, is not a woman of coarse or low nature, and the failure of the husband and wife to reach any mutual understanding is therefore only the more sad. The ministry of little Agnes to the unhappy parents, and her death, are touchingly described. Throughout the narrative there is a large allowance for errors, wise, philosophic, forgiving spirit, which makes this little story one of valuable counsel, warning, and comfort in the delicate relations of domestic life, as well as an interesting and graphic sketch of artist life in the sixteenth century.

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The Artist's Married Life; being that of Albert Dürer. Translated from the German by MRS. J. R. STODART. Revised Edition, with Memoir. New York: James Miller.

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INDEX

TO THE

CHRISTIAN EXAMINER,

NEW SERIES, VOL. XI.

JULY TO NOVEMBER, 1862.

Africa, Future of (Crummell), 152.
Africans in America, and their New Guard-
ians, 96-133-compromise of 1850, 97
- nature of the controversy, 98-de-
cline of slave power, 100-occupation
of the south, 102, 121 - how the war af-
fects slavery, 104- disintegrating forces,
108- economical question, 109 - laws
of race and climate, 111- colonization,
113 character of African race, 114-
will be a subject population, 116-in-
dustrial capacity, 118-industrial dis-
cipline, 123-Port Royal, 126— results,
129.
American Art, 63-84 artists, 69-criti-
cism, 71-popular character of art, 75
-early art, 78 -power of art, 83.
Among the Pines, 295.

Anselm, 157-175

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the period, 157 - Lan-
franc, 159 Anselm, monk, 160-ab-
bot, 161 primate, 163

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appeal to

Rome, 165intellectual method, 168-

monologium, 172.

Beethoven (Romance-Biography), 177-186.
Botta, Vincenzo. See Cavour.

Burckhardt on the Renaissance, 460.
Cairnes, Professor, on the Slave Power, 463.
Carlier on Slavery, 298.

Cavour, Discourses by V. Botta, 20-32-
early life, 21 -war of 1848, 24- French
alliance, 27 Garibaldi, 29.
Christ the Spirit, 313- Gen. Hitchcock's
work, 313- theory of interpretation non-
historical, 315-322-Essenes, 318-329
-true signification of the Spirit, 330-
Christ in history, 331-pre-existent, 336
- undying, 339.

Conway, M. D., the Golden Hour, 294.
Coppet et Weimar (Mad. de Staël), 85-96.
Crummell, Future of Africa, 152.
CURRENT LITERATURE, Review of. The
ology. Defence of Rev. R. Williams, 184
Taylor's Logic in Theology, 135-
Book of Vespers, 136- Sawyer's Re-
construction, 282 Renan's Discourse,
284- Lacordaire, 285 Facts for
Churchmen, 285-Döllinger on the Pa-
pacy, 286 Réville on the Gospels, 455.

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History and Biography. Herder, 137
Sybel's Crusades, 293-Smith's Ireland,
293-Sybel's Revolution Period, 457
Burckhardt on Renaissance, 460. Sci-
ence of Language. Müller's Lectures,
140- Wedgwood's Dictionary, 144 -
Tafel's Orthography, 144. Society and
Politics. American Disunion, 150
Trollope's North America, 151 The
Exchange, 152 Future of Africa, 152
The Golden Hour, 294-Among the
Pines, 295 America before Europe,
296- Carlier on Slavery, 298 London
Labor, 298 Cairnes on the Slave Pow-
er, 463. Geography and Travels. Girar-
din's Syria, 300- Oriental Harems, 301

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Game Fish, 302- Underhill's West
Indies, 303. Novels and Tales. Mrs.
Stowe's Novels, 145- Ravenshoe, 146
The Master, 147- Les Misérables, 148,
464-Edwin Brothertoft, 304. Miscel
laneous. Harris's Captivity, 153-Jo-
mini's Art of War, 154 Tragedy of
Errors, 154 Clough's Poems, 307
Campaign of First R. I. Regiment, 308
Annual Cyclopædia, 309
tist's Married Life, 464
American Cyclopædia, 465.
Dante, Vita Nuova, 363-381.
Denison, Mrs., The Master, 147.
De Tocqueville, 381-402- his life, 385
"Democracy in America," 389-395-
marriage, 392-political life, 396-the
coup d'etat, 398 - L'Ancien Régime, 400.
Döllinger on the Papacy, 285.
Essenes, 318.

Exchange, The, 152.
Facts for Churchmen, 285.
Garibaldi and Cavour, 29.

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The Ar-
Appleton's

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Gasparin, America before Europe, 296.
Harris, Lieut., Captivity in Richmond, 153.
Herder, Life of, 137.

Heresy and Heretics in the English Church,
32-63-the Essayists, 35-
their con-
nection with the Establishment, 37 - re-
plies, 41- counter-essays, 44- Aids to
Faith, 47 right interpretation of Scrip-
ture, 55-church authority, 58.

Hitchcock, Gen., Christ the Spirit, 313.
Hugo, Victor, Les Misérables, 148, 464.
Imitation of Christ, author of, 342-362.
Intuitive Morals, Ancient Systems of,
186- - Cicero, 189 defects, 194- - Aris-
totle, 196- Confucius, 201.
Irving, Life and Letters, 271-282.
Kempis and the Imitation, 346.
Kingsley's Ravenshoe, 146.
Lacordaire, 285.
London Labor, 296

Luther, Views of, 1-19-periods of his
life, 30-study of Scripture, 7-justifi-
cation by faith, 11- church authority,
12-interpretation of Scripture allego-
rists, 14
- literalists, 17.
Master, The, 147.

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Müller, Science of Language, 140.
Pembroke, Earl of (Shakespeare's Son-
nets), 240.

Psalms, New Readings of, 227 - 242.
Ravenshoe, 146.

Rawlins on Disunion, 150.

Renan, Inaugural Discourse, 284.
Réville on the Gospels, 455.

Romance-Biography, Beethoven, 175–186.
Sawyer's Reconstruction, 284.

Shakespeare and Friendship, 209-226.
Slavery as affected by the War, 104, 244,
256-260.

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Sonnets, 403-their true character, 406 -
to whom addressed, 410.
Staël, Mad. de, 85-96.
Stowe, Mrs., 145.
Sybel, Crusades, 293- - Revolution Period,
457.

Tafel on Orthography, 144.
Taylor, Logic in Theology, 135.
Tragedy of Success, 154.
Trollope, North America, 151.
Vespers, Book of, 136.
War, Articles of, 154.

War Policy, its bearing on slavery, 243-
271-confiscation act, 243 - the war
power, 245 character of the rebellion,
246-
- military code, 249-legal attitude
of the government, 250- ratified by the
people, 253 change of position, 255-
employment of negroes, 256-arming
them, 257-justice to them, 258- vacil-
lating policy hitherto, 260 - temper of

blacks, 261-nature of the contest, de-
mocracy and feudalism, 264 - emancipa-
tion, 267-Present Policy and the Future
of the South, 435-454- the summer
campaign, 436-the President's procla-
mation, 437 -effect of the war on the
South, 443-education, 448- industry,
449-the tariff and free trade, 451.

The present number of the Christian Examiner contains four additional
pages. But, in consequence of the unexpected length of several Articles, the
larger part of the Review of Current Literature has been omitted.

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